by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 11, 2019 | Family, Parenting Teenagers
When I was a teenager I had a curfew of 11:00. I don’t know why I complied, and I’m not quite sure what my mother would have done if I hadn’t (I don’t think she’s sure, either). Yet while I may have grumbled about it, I was always home by...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 6, 2018 | Healthy Living
I’m going to open a big can of worms. I’m getting ready for people to throw tomatoes at me and yell at me. But, please, please, can we talk honestly about something today? I really think we need to have a conversation about the fact that our kids are...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 8, 2018 | Parenting Teenagers
Can high school become a toxic environment? Absolutely. I want to talk briefly today about 13 Reasons Why (the Netflix show), but don’t worry if you don’t care about that show. I’m going to make a bigger point that applies to all of us. When the...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 22, 2017 | Parenting Teenagers
Three years ago, my daughter Rebecca, then 19, wrote a post for me called Why I Didn’t Rebel. Chances are, if you’ve been reading me for a while, you’ve read it. In fact, chances are that’s how you found me in the first place, because in the...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 25, 2017 | Parenting Teenagers
Teenage suicide should never be romanticized. There is a lot of buzz that Netflix’s new series 13 Reasons Why does just that. I disagree. I watched it over the last week, and I have rarely seen a show that so captures the complexities and grittiness of...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 23, 2017 | Family, Parenting Teenagers
Is your teen addicted to selfies? It seems like a weird question, doesn’t it? But it’s a real issue–more and more, teenagers are becoming obsessed with having the perfect online image, and it can seriously impact their quality...
Sheila Wray Gregoire has been married for 25 years and happily married for 20! She loves traveling around North America with her hubby in their RV, giving her signature "Girl Talk" about sex and marriage. And she's written 8 books. About sex and marriage. See a theme here? Plus she knits. Even in line at the grocery store.
